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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

June 22, 1991Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1991, 8:01 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1991, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1991, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1991-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 841 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1991-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
841 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 230103
TORSGF
MOC145-097-230145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
801 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      NORTHERN NEWTON...SOUTHERN JASPER

AT 750 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND SOUTHEAST OF
WEBB CITY NEAR JOPLIN. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...FIND SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST
PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO A BASEMENT IF
ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

 BAREIS

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.